Our Promise

Our Promise

Peterson Physical Therapy is a therapist owned clinic dedicated to providing high quality personalized assessment and treatment strategies to address both acute and chronic pain, improve function, and maximize quality of life. So what’s different about Peterson PT? You will see the same Physical Therapist every visit. You will have a minimum of 60 minutes with your Physical Therapist. This means you will likely have faster results in fewer treatments to achieve your goals

We believe that a meticulous assessment is the best way to prescribe effective treatment. The most powerful way to provide physical therapy services is with one-on-one attention and consistent follow up with your primary clinician.

At Peterson PT we feel that pain serves as a warning sign that something isn’t working quite right. It’s important to pay attention to those signs and get to the bottom of what’s causing them before too much damage is done. Something that seems as simple as an ankle sprain can really be indicative of a larger problem especially when you start to sprain your ankle repeatedly. The sprains and subsequent pain you feel are symptoms of a larger problem. Rest, modalities, and ice are important but if you don’t investigate further up the chain you are missing the most important information. At Peterson PT we will address not just “what” hurts but “why” it’s hurting in the first place and how to prevent it from happening again.

Services include specialty in orthopedic manual therapy, trigger point dry needling (TDN), therapeutic and corrective exercise prescription as well as thorough education on preventative and self management techniques.

Probably the most common question we get asked. Heat or Ice?? I’m always somewhat non-committal with my answer because of this. My usual response is try both and do what feels better! I have read about a few modalities being developed/studied that try to work with the body’s natural anti-inflammatory response for acute injuries. One in particular had to do with e-stim for muscle activation to support lymphatic flow. As with any new techniques it will be a while for this to become more mainstream!

Another myth busting video with physiotherapist, Dr. Bahram Jam [D.Sc.PT, M.PHTY, B.Sc.PT, FCAMT] sharing the evidence behind the use of ice or heat for pain, swelling, or inflammation after soft tissue injuries. Read his article about it here: bit.ly/2sT59iF